A PHOTOGRAPHER from Shillingford is representing the UK in a European photography competition.
Caroline Allington, who has been a photographer for about five years, is a finalist in the EISA Maestro competition organised by Expert Imaging and Sound Association.
She was chosen to represent the UK after winning a competition run by PhotoCrowd which had the theme of “joy”.
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Mrs Allington, who lives with her husband Kevin and their children Jacob, 19, Thomas, 15, Daniel, nine, and Willow, six, said she was shocked to be a finalist.
“I couldn’t believe it,” she said. “I was so surprised. I cannot believe that my photos represent the UK in the European contest – it’s amazing.”
Mrs Allington is a self-taught photographer who started taking pictures when she was a childminder.
She said: “The parents would go to work and they wouldn’t see their children all day so I took photographs for them and I enjoyed it.
“It was a positive experience for the parents so I eventually learned how to use the camera properly such as how to use the manual mode and how to hold it and I gradually got better and better.
“The title of this competition was ‘joy’ which is something I really try to capture with the children - the joy of being a child.
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“I entered eight random photos and found out I came first. I won £300 and a subscription to the Amateur Photography Magazine”.
Mrs Allington will find out this month if she has won.
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This story was written by Gee Harland, she joined the team in 2022 as a senior multimedia reporter.
Gee covers Wallingford and Didcot.
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